Welcome to the Candlelight Collective — Let’s talk about Scorpios… ♏🦂💫
But first, elements.
Scorpio is a water sign and like its fellow water signs (Cancer and Pisces), Scorpio energy embodies the emotional, artistic, poetic, beautiful, deeply-feeling things in life.
When I think of Scorpio, I think of:
💪🏼a very strong person who is not afraid to get their hands dirty
🤫who may be a little secretive
🌑who has probably lived through some tough stuff and survived
🤨who feels no need to prove anything to anyone
🥀who sees beauty in the darker things in life, and is uninterested in fluff
👀who can look you in the eye and deliver hard truths (without shame)
🔇who will prefer solitude to fake surface interactions
✨who is capable of alchemizing generations of trauma by facing it
SCORPIOS ARE REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE-MAKERS
Let’s talk about What Scorpio Is NOT
- Scorpio energy doesn’t always feel light and easy
- Scorpio energy isn’t usually drawn to profession where someone is telling them what to do (especially clueless people)
- Scorpio energy is not going to tip toe around your feelings or spend lots of time small-taking about the weather with you
How to Care for a Scorpio Spirit
💜 Create rituals that connect you to higher meaning
💜 Embrace Shadow Work Journaling
💜 Purge your space from negative energy with palo santo, sage, or other smudging herbs
💜 Experiment with alchemizing experiences like ayahuasca or microdosing
💜 Build a tribe of like-minded people who you can trust and connect with
💜 Establish a regular creative practice (artist, musical, spiritual)
💜 Create a regular journaling practice (see freebie ⬇️)
Let’s List Some FAMOUS Scorpios of the World
♏ Joaquin Phoenix
This guy oozes Scorpio energy. He seems incapable of choosing an acting role that doesn’t make a bold statement about society and we love him for it.
♏Leo DiCaprio
Another one who chooses deep roles. Also like a good Scorpio…he keeps his private life fiercely private. I love his movies and can’t really name very many facts about him as a person. That’s pretty impressive for his level of fame.
♏ Winona Ryder
I mean, come on. The OG Tim Burton it girl literally empowered all outcasts to feel a sense of belonging and community without changing herself to fit the “popular girl” model.
♏ Adam Driver
He chose playing Kylo Ren for a reason. Only a Scorpio could have nailed the balance of light/dark inside him and people obsessed over him for it.
♏Gordon Ramsey
A chef literally known for telling people hard truths without shame. He’s concerned with excellence, not your feelings.
I think of Scorpios as the “hidden” Fire Sign, because there is no shortage of loud, large, and in charge Scorpios. Hollywood is full of amazing Scorpio performers.
The Struggles of a Scorpio…
Every single sign of the Zodiac has the light (the gifts🌕) and the shadows (the struggles 🌑).
Every single sign has both the High Road ⬆️ and the Low Road ⬇️.
A Scorpio may struggle…
👤 with loneliness or connecting with others
👤 with having delicate conversations that don’t end with hurt feelings (the other person)
👤 with the boring details and mindless tasks of everyday life
👤 with trusting people, especially after being burned
👤with forgiving others after they’ve been wronged
The SUPERPOWERS of Scorpios
💫Scorpio energy is otherworldly when harnessed
💫Scorpios can face pain and darkness that few others can (ie anything taboo, like death)
💫Scorpios ask the questions that other people are afraid to
💫Scorpios will look into your eyes and see you and can make loyal friends
💫Scorpios can handle jobs that other people fear (ie death doula, mortician, social worker)
💫Scorpios can alchemize trauma (even from previous generations) by facing it head-on
Items In the Scorpio Toolkit
💜 A True-Crime podcast
💜 Crystals (like Black Obsidian, or Smoky Quartz)
💜 Patchouli or Frankincense Essential Oils
💜 A Journal, Sketchbook, or Common Place Book
💜 This Playlist
If you are a Scorpio, you have the unique gift of calling out the world’s bullshit and asking more from all of us and right now we need you more than ever.
So take care of yourself, recharge those Scorpio superpowers, and lead us into a new reality that is more authentic and ethical than ever and based in power rather than fear.
I hope you enjoyed this walk down Scorpio Lane ♏ 💙 If you like Astro content like this, consider sticking around.
Xx Bri